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Confessions of a Frustrated
Lay Minister

I do everything from prepare the liturgy to process annulments--but I feel invisible in the Church.

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Lay Ministers: A Case of
Misplaced Priorities

The bishops ought to be focusing on the things that lay people can do outside, not inside, church buildings.

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'Why I Believe in Miracles'

Wounded on assignment in Iraq, ABC newsman Bob Woodruff lay in a coma for five weeks. Then his wife said one last prayer.

Related Topics: Inspiration, Prayer, Miracle, Answered Prayers, Life, Prayer Circle, giant waking up from the coma moments, religious revival tents, Pain, someones pain, Child

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Sorry, But the Pope's Mass Thrilled Me

When Charlotte Allen went to the Pope's Mass, she says it was 'one of the most moving experiences' of her life.

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Unitarian Universalism at a Glance

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Easter Awakening

While my son was in a coma, I dreamt of two beautiful angels who gave me hope for his recovery.

Related Topics: Inspiration, Angels, Art, Arts, football team, Angels, stiff hospital bedsheets, Doctor, heart racing, Football, Arts windpipe, coma

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Opening the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Speaking in tongues. Prophesying. Healing. What do Christians mean when they talk about the 'gifts of the Spirit?'

Related Topics: Faiths, Protestant, Gift, Spirit, miraculous ability, Tongue, prayer language, church services, ability, Holy Spirit, Message, minister lays hands

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'We All Have Tons of Blessings'

Whether on television playing a minister's wife or advocating for Darfur relief, Catherine Hicks' faith is everywhere she is.

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Jefferson, Madison & Their Evangelical Pals

Religious freedom resulted from an unlikely alliance: evangelicals and skeptics

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Summer for the Gods

How conservative Christians coalesced against the teaching of Darwin

Related Topics: News, Teaching, anti evolution, evolutionary, evolutionary teaching, Political, Public Schools, fundamentalist movement, School, German militarism, Human Evolution